Does window.open use GET or POST?

[Earth]

Hi all,

I am new in javascript. And I would like to find out whether
window.open use GET or POST.

I have tried to find the FAQ but no finding.

Please enlighten me or direct me to any FAQ.

Thanks in advance for any inputs or ideas,

Earth

[Andrew Thompson]

Re: Does window.open use GET or POST?

On 26 May 2004 03:37:43 -0700, Earth wrote:
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> I am new in javascript. And I would like to find out whether
> window.open use GET or POST.[/color]

Try opening it with address bar..

If the bit after '?' is there,
GET, else POST..

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[Grant Wagner]

Re: Does window.open use GET or POST?

Andrew Thompson wrote:
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> On 26 May 2004 03:37:43 -0700, Earth wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I am new in javascript. And I would like to find out whether
> > window.open use GET or POST.[/color]
>
> Try opening it with address bar..
>
> If the bit after '?' is there,
> GET, else POST..[/color]

Not necessarily:

<form name="myForm" method="POST"
action="mypage. cgi?something=s omethingelse">

However, I'm unsure why it matters if window.open() performs a GET
or POST (for the record, it does a GET). You can put stuff on the
URL which would be accessible to client-side Javascript even with
a POST. So to move information from one window to another, it's:

window.open('th enewpage.html?t heKey=' + theValue, 'window_name',
'<attributes>') ;

regardless of whether window.open() performed a GET or POST.

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[Andrew Thompson]

Re: Does window.open use GET or POST?

On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:18:29 GMT, Grant Wagner wrote:
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>> If the bit after '?' is there,
>> GET, else POST..[/color]
>
> Not necessarily:
>
> <form name="myForm" method="POST"
> action="mypage. cgi?something=s omethingelse">[/color]

...took me a few moments to get what
you meant there.

The arguments are being 'post'ed
on from the mypage.cgi?

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[Lee]

Re: Does window.open use GET or POST?

Andrew Thompson said:[color=blue]
>
>On Wed, 26 May 2004 14:18:29 GMT, Grant Wagner wrote:
>[color=green][color=darkred]
>>> If the bit after '?' is there,
>>> GET, else POST..[/color]
>>
>> Not necessarily:
>>
>> <form name="myForm" method="POST"
>> action="mypage. cgi?something=s omethingelse">[/color]
>
>..took me a few moments to get what
>you meant there.
>
>The arguments are being 'post'ed
>on from the mypage.cgi?[/color]

There is no GET request in that case.
Values of form elements are posted to mypage.cgi.
The script can *also* see the value of QUERY_STRING.

[Dr John Stockton]

Re: Does window.open use GET or POST?

JRS: In article <69e5770d.04052 60237.80b8bcf@p osting.google.c om>, seen
in news:comp.lang. javascript, Earth <eclifeww@yahoo .com> posted at Wed,
26 May 2004 03:37:43 :[color=blue]
>
>I have tried to find the FAQ but no finding.
>
>Please enlighten me or direct me to any FAQ.[/color]


Since the newsgroup FAQ is posted here three times a week, frequently
cited in the group in signatures and otherwise, and IIRC well-known to
search engines, ISTM that you should, as a matter of urgent expediency,
endeavour to improve your search techniques.

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